The two companies recently teamed up for the “ABBA Voyage” show in London, in which fans could attend a full concert by the Swedish band — as performed by their digital avatars.
He says the band won't be on stage during the virtual performance because “that’s the key thing,” of the future-seeking technology.
That’s what you could do with this.”Political Cartoons View All 1277 ImagesIn order to create their digital avatars, who are depicted as a kind of superhero version of the band, Kiss performed in motion capture suits.
Aespa, the K-pop girl group, frequently perform alongside their digital avatars — the quartet is meant to be viewed as an octet with digital twins.
The band deserves to live on because the band is bigger than we are,” Kiss frontman Paul Stanley said in roundtable interview.
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Organizations:
New York, Kiss, Industrial, Pophouse Entertainment, Machines
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